[You did not know that Qian possessed an ability similar to your Lifebound Double Pupils, nor that he had seen his own brutal end. Yet for the moment, you did not attack him outright because of his deliberate ambush. Naturally, you had your reasons. Qian had not only evaded the eyes you had placed throughout the Xing Qi Great Mountain Region, but had also made you feel threatened. That showed he was no ordinary person.
You had always wanted to find one or two companions with whom you could negotiate and later join forces temporarily against Red Cloud's three inheritors. By your judgment, Qian before you was not someone you could easily kill. Coupled with the fact that he had not truly completed his attack against you, this meant that Qian was precisely the person you sought.]
[Thus, Qian and you remained mutually wary, yet both exercised great restraint, refusing to let this encounter develop into a conflict. Just as you prepared to be the first to speak and show your goodwill, Qian beat you to it and explained himself.
Though the rules of each era differed greatly, one principle was universal and eternal: "the strong are revered." In Qian's subconscious, since the prompt had clearly stated that he would die after the two of you fought, it naturally meant that he was weaker than you. Thus, Qian wished to further ease the tense atmosphere between you, if only so he could leave this place safely.]
[Though you had forgotten that the Time Ancestral Land was a strange place, established somewhere along the river of time and space, the enormous differences between eras rendered much of Qian's explanation no different from birdsong to you.
Yet thanks to the Extreme Charm talent, you could still sense his emotions and roughly infer